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> deflationary distributed ledger

you just mentioned the utility right there. Is this a trick question?

Maybe you forgot "censorship resistant". I know paypal works for you or something, but not everybody has that luxury you know.



What use is a deflationary distributed ledger to anyone? We've had 12 years of Bitcoin and no killer app for a reason. It's simply not a useful technology.


What's the killer app of PayPal?

Let's see how easy this game is to play, now I only need to claim that any advantages you bring up are either irrelevant or not unique to PayPal. At least that's how every argument against Bitcoin usually goes.




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